Is this the trans experience? Bitter, violent, filled with rage and jealousy? Hatchet and hot dog, a beheaded corpse, cutting off his right hand–is this because yes, Tom, there always WILL be a ‘difference between me and you?’ Yes, there will be. And vive la difference! Thanks for the subtitles. And the brevity of the ‘song.’

Ugh. That’s not a woman trapped in a man’s body, that’s a 13-year-old emotionally disturbed and violent boy trapped in a man’s body.

And, you know, it’s true we can’t tell a rapist from a non-rapist just by looking at some guy’s face, but that’s the first thing I think of every time I see or hear this hideous man: rapist.

One night I turned on the CBC and saw this “Laura Jane Grace” looking like a frightful mess and sitting–demurely–in the red leather chair on the George Snuffleupagus talk show. Oh, I picked up the remote control and pointed at the TV as if it were a pistol! I had just an automatic, visceral reaction. He’s revolting.

The song’s an indictment of hyper-masculine, patriarchal systems. Just because the lyrics do not specifically state that the violent, homophobic, sexist views of the patriarchy are bad doesn’t act as an endorsement. I prefer not to have political songs spoonfed to me.

Grace is using ironic sexism in the same way Colbert used ironic racism before the #cancelcolbert thing. It’s a very liberal dudely form of satire, not that creative, and way overdone at this point. One senses them getting off on spouting the offense while getting to hide under the cover of irony.

I like punk but this is just bad. How long will Against Me last now that all the trannies will be going to their concerts, pretending to like this so-called music? The fans who haven’t already abandoned them are gonna stop supporting them. The other band members are gonna see their concerts turn to freak shows and all their songs be about trans. More successful bands have broken up over less. I’m surprised they lasted this long. Maybe the bandmates don’t want to be seen as non-allies.

I’m not that familiar with this band, but I think Gabel is about the only original one left. I also read somewhere that this record hasn’t done very well, despite the hype. They’re only playing clubs with 500 capacity or so. They’ve been on a downward slope for a while and I don’t think the whole spokestrans thing is gonna change much.

Even for this sub-genre this is pretty tired stuff. Repeating a phrase doesn’t magically turn it into a hook.

Solidarity with all the #girlslikeus who have suffered because of the actions of Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs).

Lyrics:
MY biology, does not have, to be destiny
My autonomy, is not up for debate
My Humanity, will not be a discussion point
You know where you can shove your hate

You say you know my chromosomes do you know your own?
I thought not
Another futile argument as has been shown
By science
I am beyond your outmoded theory
You are obsolete
And now your failure is complete

You see you ally with people you should despise, you happily spread obvious lies, but no
I cannot rape with my eyes.
You see I looked in the mirror and it made me smile, but you call me an autogynephile
But only, because I’ve got style.

MY biology, does not have, to be destiny
My autonomy, is not up for debate
My Humanity, will not be a discussion point
You know where you can shove your hate

Many of us couldn’t get hep thanks to your influence
Now its too late
You are allowed a platform in the name of balance
despite facts
We are degraded and dehumanised
But if we fight back
It is us that the mainstream will attack.

You see you ally with people you should despise, you happily spread obvious lies, but no
I cannot rape with my eyes.
You see I looked in the mirror and it made me smile, but you call me an autogynephile
But only, because I’ve got style.

MY biology, does not have, to be destiny
My autonomy, is not up for debate
My Humanity, will not be a discussion point
You know where you can shove your hate

I got the impression that Gabel/Grace was pretty much a one-person act with varying supporting band members, but I could be wrong. I never heard of Against Me before Grace came out as transgender, and I’m pretty decent at keeping up with music trends.

Look, here’s the thing: even if we give Gabel the benefit of the doubt, even if this is meant as an indictment of “the jocks” and how painful it is to try to fake it and fit in and be one of them, guess what? IT DOESN’T FUCKING MATTER. Know why? Because this song is STILL ALL ABOUT GABEL. Not a mea culpa to the “cum-filled” “bitches” and not a “sorry” or even a shout-out to the targets of homophobia, not a heartfelt sincere apology to the REAL victims in the song. Some of us could never “drink with the jocks,” Tom. Some of us were too busy being scared shitless for our actual lives and couldn’t afford to think “maybe he’s just trying to fit in & doesn’t want to rape and murder me, poor thing!” Even in his song about who he *really is,* he’s still…..a narcissistic self-centered misogynist asshole. Male socialization, much?

Yeah, this is pretty much the problem with the hegemonic masculinity theory that all the Good Men[tm][inc] are into these days: it’s not what you do in life that matters but who you are when you do it.

It’s interesting how PWR BTTM wasn’t protected by their “non binary” status in the same way that Tom Gabel was for his trans stuff — apparently the SJWs don’t quite believe non binary carries the same sort of authenticity.

Ben Hopkins is being compared to Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski while no mention of Laura Jane Grace is ever made in relation to all of this; he’s too busy getting his “girl face” on with Miley Cyrus and Joan Jett[!!!] to even receive shade.